Recent content by smallsteve

Dias has put in some ropey performances of late as well! The only one I have real confidence in his Walker, but he is getting into the twilight of his career and will lose his pace sooner rather than later.

I wouldn’t disagree with you. I think the most damning thing you could say about the defence is that each time the opposition get over the halfway line, your heart is in your mouth!

Ignoring your pathetic abuse, the stats are down to possession football and not the quality of the defence. It’s been going on for a long time and the injuries I’ve only just exacerbated the matter.

In part, but don’t forget the defenders in front of him you are not much better! Pep is obsessed with midfielders and I think he has stated on more than one occasion that he doesn’t coach teams to defend. You would never guess would you!

. Agree in general but the height was perfect for any goalie that guesses the right way.

Taken from his only penalty spot!

Egan-Riley looked sound for his recent cameo. That could move Cancelo over to the left, albeit he is also a liability at the back.

Can you imagine having to live with SG’s Villa effectively winning the title for that lot! Doesn’t bear thinking about.

. Yeah, bring Phil and Raz for the last 10 minutes to run at that tired defence!? Never been Pep’s way, which is why I think that his stats are so bad for recovering from a losing position. Remember his first few seasons where he used to bring subs on with a couple of minutes to go, even when...

£41m defender that cannot be relied upon in a crisis. How can that be!?

. You might extend that to the whole defence aside from Walker, based on recent performances.

Especially with that defence!

As it has been for a long time. Possession football has flattered or defence, whereas the reality is that it is a House of Cards and can’t cope with pressure. Not helped by Eddie whom is all too often beaten.

Gavin Bazunu was Portsmouth’s player of the year. Not seen him in action and so I don’t know whether he would be able to make the step-up to be our backup goalkeeper. Eddie needs some competition As there currently is none!

Which is concerning when you consider how injury prone he is and how many howlers he has dropped. A real kick in the teeth though that both stones and Walker were injured for this big game and it will likely affect the run-in as well. Tonight was a demonstration of how effectively we can defend...